The “frog in boiling water” metaphor is often used in therapy to describe how people sometimes adapt to unhealthy or harmful situations without realizing it, because the change happens so gradually. The story goes like this: If you drop a frog into boiling water, it will immediately jump out. But if you put a frog in cool water and slowly heat it, the frog won’t notice the danger and will stay until it boils. Adapting to unhealthy coping mechanisms without recognizing how harmful they’ve become.

The Myth Of The Boiling Frog

3.7M views · 53K shares | On last week’s episode of Boiling the Frog, we learned that 97% of climate scientists report that climate change is real and caused by human activity. So naturally, at least 97% of America’s politicians believe them...right? Wrong. This week U.S. Senator Al Franken and David Letterman sit down to discuss Charles and David Koch, two billionaire brothers who are fueling the denial. #YEARSproject with Funny Or Die | The Years Project | Facebook

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